Dance: Funding in England

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A 2008 review stated that dance provision in English schools was underfunded compared to music. Music provision was supported by £59 million per annum from the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Dance was defined as one of six strands of physical education so the funding figure was low, and not precisely quantifiable.
The Dance Review: a report to Government on dance education and youth dance in England, Tony Hall, 2008

Dance provision in schools received £818,000 between 2006 and 8 through Youth Dance England.
The Dance Review: a report to Government on dance education and youth dance in England, Tony Hall, 2008

In 2005-06, 43% of revenue generated by Art Council England's (ACE) regularly funded dance organisations came from the Arts Council's contribution, the third highest percentage by art-form after visual arts (47%) and service and umbrella arts organisations (48%). Subsidy per individual attendance was £18.61, higher than average, due to the relatively small audiences at dance events.
Regularly funded organisations: key data from the 2005/06 annual submission, ACE, July 2007

In 2006 Youth Music was receiving around £10 million a year. Youth Dance England was receiving around £100,000.
Dance Manifesto, National Campaign for the Arts and Dance UK, 2006

In 1946, when the Arts Council was formed, it funded 33 dance companies. By 2005 it funded 82 on a regular basis, three of which were classical ballet based.
Vanishing pointe, The Stage, 17 March 2006

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